Winthrop University
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Mahony takes office
Winthrop’s 11th President Dr. Daniel Mahony greets the media in his office on his first day on the job July 1.
Winthrop University’s 11th President prepares for Welcome Week, fall semester Carolyn Rennix rennixc@mytjnow.com Like so many of the hundreds of freshmen piling into the ichardson and o ord esidence Halls, Dr. Daniel Mahony is feeling anxious and excited for a new year at Winthrop University.
But Mahony isn’t feeling nervous about the friends he will make or the Biology course he has at a.m. e is preparing to lead the faculty sta and student body as Winthrop University’s 11th president. With “Welcome Week” and the start of classes quickly approaching, Mahony said that he is most looking forward to the community’s excitement as it prepares for the year ahead. “ t s important to get everything o to a good start, and I want everything to run smoothly, but I also want to take advantage of that excitement
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and build a lot more enthusiasm among everybody,” he said. After a nearly six-month search, a pooling of almost 80 applicants, several in-person interviews and campus visits from the three finalists the board of trustees unanimously selected Mahony as the University’s 11th president on March 13. Just four months later, Mahony, his wife Laura and their two children moved into the president’s house on Oakland Avenue on July 1.
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Students reflect on same- Confederate flag falls sex marriage legalization Flag’s lowering evokes strong emotions across South Carolina Thomas Calamia calamiat@mytjnow.com
Eric Gay / Associated Press Kali Coleman colemank@mytjnow.com The Supreme Court gave the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Aromatic/Allied) community reason to celebrate this summer. The court case Obergefell v. Hodges produced the landmark Supreme Court decision in a 5-4 majority vote that all states be required to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples wishing to marry on June 26. This made the United States the 20th country to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, following Ireland’s historic decision to legalize it by public vote on May 23. While being a huge national occurrence, the celebration did
not fail to hit Winthrop’s own community. As a Winthrop student and a member of the LGBTQIA community, sophomore Political Science major Jacob Grice said he was ecstatic and shocked when he heard the decision. “Growing up I thought equality was something I’d see being fought over for the rest of my life”, Grice said. “Over the past years, it had become apparent that the movement was going much quicker than anyone had really expected it to. And it is a wonderful feeling to know that I will have the freedom to one day marry whomever I love.” Grice said he is proud to experience this court ruling while in the midst of such a diverse and accepting community.
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Crowds united for an emotional cause at the South Carolina state house on July 10 to witness the removal of the Confederate ag which had been ying on the grounds for over 50 years. The Confederate ag was taken down in response to the mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, in which nine people were killed and one was seriously injured. In the wake of the event, people began to protest at the South Carolina Statehouse, where the rebel ag which is widely viewed as a symbol of racism still ew. The ag itself was not the ag of the Confederate State of America, but rather the battle ag of the Army of Northern Virginia. The ag was then incorporated onto the Confederate ag s design but has since been uno cially recogni ed as the Confederate ag. “To me the ag has had a place in history, and it has served history well,” said Sonja Smith, a Civil Rights leader, “but has no place on the grounds of the capitol in Columbia or any other state grounds.”
Smith was one of the first frican American children integrated into public schooling in South Carolina at East North Street Elementary in Greenville, South Carolina. “It was horrible,” Smith said. “I hated it and had to fight every day both emotionally and physically.” Over time, however, her tormentors and bullies became some of her closest and oldest friends. “This is taught at home. Hatred, the segregation, the misperception of black versus white,” Smith said. “That is taught at home around the dinner table. And if we lived like we did today back then, it would have been a whole di erent ball of wa .” “Why it took so long for it to be taken down is beyond me,” said Abdul Shabazz, a senior illustration major at Winthrop University, “but it needed to be taken down. Having it at the statehouse sets an uneasy mood for those who see it that way, which is not something you would want to feel at a statehouse.” Though the ag has been lowered some oppose the decision. Groups rallied saying that the ag repre sents state’s rights, southern pride and heritage. “The ag is not the issue ” said Mike Couch, executive director of the Museum and Library of Confederate History. “It is the southern culture and the southern heritage that is the issue – the belief in constitutional government.”
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Thousands gathered in front of the state house to watch the Confederate flag be lowered.
FLAG • from front Couch oversees the museum in Greenville, South Carolina and said that there are other symbols and names that hold just as much racial animus that have not been addressed. “Slaves ships that brought slaves over from frica to the United States all ew the stars and stripes ” Couch said. “ rown University was established on the fortune of the rown brothers they got their money through slave trade. Is that an issue? No. Nobody mentions that.” Other state buildings, such as those in Alabama and ississippi as well as historic landmarks like Sutherlin ansion also lowered the battle ag in con unction with the state s decision. Couch countered that the Confederacy also had a first in terms of e uality. The Confederate army was the first integrated army while the Union at the time still had a segregated army. “ t was the Confederate soldier that was fighting for the constitution and the right to govern themselves,” Couch said. “Not the Union.” “The heritage that they had are two or three generations past ” Smith said. “ ou don t inherit hate and segregation. There is no place for it. ride yes. That heritage did not win the war.
MAHONY • from front Despite the various meetings and the abundance of interviews ahony still found time to e plore ock ill and get ac uainted with the campus during his first few weeks on the ob. is daughter lena dove right into the campus activities and enrolled in inthrop s basketball camp and his son avin participated in a wrestling camp at ation ord igh School in ort ill. ahony happily said that both of his kids are making friends and ad usting to the area very well. ahony s family also went to the ourth of July event “ ed hite and ” and ate the local favorite “ ood Truck riday” in ld Town. “ e have been out in the community uite a bit and have been able to meet a lot of people,” Mahony said. efore accepting the position at inthrop ahony was the dean of the College of ducation ealth and uman Services at ent State University in ent hio. ent State s enrollment in was appro imately 77 students nearly five times the amount of graduate and undergraduate students at inthrop according to the university s website. owever ahony says that his transition -- though from a much larger school -- has been smooth due to the openness from the inthrop community. “People have been very open and honest, and it s a very welcoming community so that has made it very easy ” he said. “ hen you come into a new place sometimes people don t tell you everything, but here people have told me a lot, and that openness and honesty is really appreciated.” ne of the board of trustee s top priorities from the beginning of the presidential search was
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“ ove it the ag for the right reasons. ot for owning slaves.” Despite the social stride forward the problem of racism still remains. “ think we ve made tiny progress by removing the ag ” Shaba said. “Just a tiny bit. emoving a ag from the statehouse isn t going to change the whole world. e still call each other different races, so to me nothing has changed significantly.” Smith thinks that moving forward “the pros and cons will still be there.” The controversy has sparked discussion about removing other Confederate and Civil ar monuments and symbols such as the statue of Robert . ee in ew rleans ouisiana. The debate will almost certainly raise discussion about renaming
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Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian inthrop s own Tillman all. Smith is still optimistic. “ think we will see a di erent merica. think our youth that are now coming in behind my generation will see new growth ” Smith said. “ new attitude that there will be no racial boundaries no hate nothing but love for the United States of America and love for one another as a people.”
increasing fundraising e orts which ahony did not hesitate to start. n day one he was making phone calls and connecting with potential donors. “ e will be doing even more visits and going out at least every three or four months with large groups of alumni and friends,” he said. “ e will really be reaching out and making those connections, which will help increase fundraising over the long term.” Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian Mahony also plans Mahony speaks with the media in the president’s office in Tillman Hall July 1. to have a greater presence in Columbia to lot easier to go out and meet with them.” help secure more money from the South Carolina ahony also hopes to work with businesses in legislature. Charlotte and ock ill to further increase the Mahony said that his top priorities during already high internship and job opportunities for the fall semester are to set up focus groups to students. evaluate where the university is going and to get “One of the things that is interesting is that everyone involved in this process. students are getting more internships and work “ etting all of those groups o to a good start experience here than they are at other schools,” and being clear about what we want to try to he said. “So there are a lot of opportunities and accomplish is important ” he said. “ e will also connections we can make that would e pand that go through a pretty strategic planning process to even more.” start finding ways to get everyone involved and ut it s not fundraising making connections or my goal is that everyone will have an opportunity attending meetings that ahony is most looking for input.” forward to it is going to the student events and ut ahony s main priority is speaking one getting to know the student body that makes him on one with the inthrop community and to so eager to begin the year. hear their thoughts on what needs to be changed “ hether it is athletics also love the theater on campus. and music events -- there are a lot of fun things I “ want to continue going out and listening like will get to do as president even though it s part have been doing ” he said. “ nd now that the of my job.” faculty sta and students will be back it will be a
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Winthrop honors Charleston shooting victims University wears white and blue in memory of Emanuel 9 Jacob Hallex hallexj@mytjnow.com inthrop faculty sta and students gathered in front of the Little Chapel on June 26 to honor the victims of the Mother Emanuel shooting. At 9:09 a.m., nine chimes rang to honor the victims of the June 17 massacre. n ridays faculty and sta are encouraged to wear garnet and gold, Winthrop’s colors. The colors blue and white were chosen to represent the blue and white found on the state ag of South Carolina. Blue ribbons were distributed and worn on the wrists of participants. The colors were chosen not only because they represent the South Carolina state ag. The blue represents the ideas of loyalty, vigilance and perseverance and justice. The white represents purity and innocence. According to the “Blue and White Friday” over 45 thousands people observed the occasion. Dr. Debra Boyd was still acting as president at the time of the ceremony. In a statement sent out to the community Boyd praised the state’s citizens for showing their true colors through this time. “South Carolinians and, indeed, Americans everywhere have shown their true colors in the wake of the horrific murders in Charleston. Thrust onto the nation’s stage, the people of Charleston and our state have reacted in ways that re ect a heritage of strength, grace and forgiveness in the face of tragedy.” The event was inspired by a grassroots movement that started on Facebook as a way to show South Carolina pride. aculty sta and students then gathered together to make a representation of the state ag. The placards used for the photo were signed by members of the Winthrop community and will be distributed across the state. The placards will also be signed by students and placed on display at Convocation. Acting president Debra Boyd, along with other state higher education o cials showed support for removing the display of the Confederate battle ag on the state house grounds in Columbia. “Where the past is neither forgotten nor exalted, but used appropriately to educate. y moving the ag from the Statehouse grounds to a museum, we demonstrate our resolve to move forward, together, as a people and a state.”
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Campus bookstore prepares for makeover Beth West westb@mytjnow.com Changes can be as big as moving across the country and as small as the season moving into the next. This summer, a lot has changed globally, nationally and locally. Winthrop was not exempt this summer and encountered a few of its own changes, one of which is the bookstore vendor. For the past 34 years Follet was Winthop University’s premier book store vendor. Now Winthrop is joining other local universities such as The University of South Carolina, Clemson University, and Furman University by using Barnes & Noble College as the bookstore vendor. Chelsea Havner, the bookstore manager and 8-year employee with Barnes & Noble College, explained why the vendor change occurred. “Winthrop’s bookstore contract provider is determined every number of years according to State Budget and Control Board rules.” Havner said. “This entails a very detailed and complex process that starts with a Request for Proposals (RPF) written by Winthrop with all of the State procurement regulations.” Ten years ago was the last time the RPF for Winthrop’s bookstore was conducted, in which the decision to stick with Follet was determined. The most recent contract that Winthrop had with Follet expired
January 1, 2015, “the Material anagement ce a subset that supervises the decisions to change contract providers] is so short sta ed that the inthrop to replace the contract expired with Follet] did not ‘hit the streets’ until mid-February although the Material anagement ce had the draft in August 2014,” Havner said. To assist with the decision making process five inthrop faculty and sta members were asked to oin a panel, three of which were tenure faculty and two of which were sta members, who were familiar with the bookstore. Each of these individuals were sworn to secrecy and used a very strict point system to help determine which vendor to use. The transition over to Barnes & Noble College was “smooth and the bookstore is up and running as of August 10, 2015]; we were given just a few weeks to move, but it was an easy transition” Havner said. Due to the vendor change, the employees have also changed. Havner mentioned that “four of the store’s regular part time employees chose to stay as well as several student employees” The vendor change did not cause any major disruptions to operating costs. “There were no additional costs, outside of planned transportation start-up costs, which would be things like new furniture and shelves and stocking completely new inventory,” Havner said. There was careful consideration
with this decision. As with anything new, there are some changes to the bookstores policies and programs. Barnes & Noble College o ers a lowest price guaranteed program for textbooks. “The Price Matching policy guarantees price matching on textbooks advertised or o ered from a local brick and mortar bookstore or online retailers.” Havner said. “This does not include pricing from textbook marketplaces such as, Amazon or BN.com and does nto include peer to peer marketplaces, aggregator sites, digital books, publisher direct pricing or bulk purchases or course fee pricing. It will apply to new Chegg books. For any price match transaction the price di erence will be refunded to the customer via a gift card.” Similarlly to Follet, there is a book buyback program. “The best time for students to try and sell their books back is towards the end of the Fall and Spring semesters,” Havner said. Merchandise and book selections have also changed. In addition, “the policies and
Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian procedures will be di erent but we will be sure to go over those changes when textbook purchases are made; we will also o er a larger section of trade books,” Havner said. Havner also wanted the Winthrop community to know that “we always love to hear feedback from students and faculty, if we do not have something that you are looking for, let us know. If it’s a popular request, we will definitely order it to keep in stock.” This is just one change among the few that have hit Winthrop this summer and is one that will hopefully save customers money and only add to the Winthrop experience.
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NASA shoots for moon base within lifetime Daniel James jamesd@mytjnow.com
For those who have ever wanted to live on another planet, that dream may not be science fiction much longer. study commissioned by the ational eronautics and Space administration found that coloni ation of the moon could cost percent less than previously pro ected putting the construction of a permanent base on the moon within S s deep space budget. “ know that humans will coloni e the solar system and one day go beyond ” said ike ri n former S dministrator. The first phase of the plan is to use robots to analy e the lunar crust for ice and where it is most concentrated. unar ice can be broken down into hydrogen a rocket propellant and o ygen which is needed for combustion. eftover o ygen can then be used by astronauts for breathing. n the proposal rovers will drill to the lunar regolith the layer of loose material covering bedrock heat collected samples and analy e them for lunar ice. f hydrogen is not plentiful it will not work. f there is enough to make the plan worthwhile S s will need to develop a reusable spacecraft that can be fueled on earth sent to the moon and refueled for a return trip technology that does not yet e ist. Space the rocket construction company that developed a alcon rocket for S at an percent discount is currently working on a reusable rocket named the alcon eavy and is likely to be used as part of the plan to coloni e the moon. ccording to Space representatives the rocket is e pected to launch later this year. n the ne t phase of the proposal S outlines its plans for mining. fter developing technology for mining the moon S or one of its partners will have to create a reusable lunar lander that can go back and forth from the surface to the orbit of the moon carrying the mining e uipment. They will then select mining sites. n the final phase S plans to introduce the human element by setting up in atable space habitats for a crew of four astronauts to live in. They will then begin mining and delivering propellant to a stationary location at agrange point . This final part of the plan essentially converts the moon to a way station for further space
e ploration. The first blast could take the ship to the moon and from there it could fill up and move farther than manned space ight could have gone before. S representatives believe that this may open up a route to visit ars in the future. f the plan works astronauts may mine and deliver metric tons of propellant each year according to the study. “ permanent lunar settlement should be a building block for settlement of the rest of the solar system ” Davidson said. key factor discouraging a return trip to the moon over the years is estimated prices over billion but this plan could reduce that number to . hile this sounds promising ounder of ear arth C oyt Davidson said “There are certainly more things that need to be studied and issues that need to be addressed ” at a press conference on July . aveen Jain co founder and chairman of oon press said that one particular type of helium believed to be plentiful on the moon elium could also provide a ma or opportunity for energy. elium is a non radioactive energy source that can used for nuclear fusion possibly producing a clean fuel for power. eturning this to arth as a cleaner fuel could bring legal troubles. ccording to the United ations uter Space Treaty of 7 all e ploration and of space must be performed in the interests of all countries and is not sub ect to claim of sovereignty. Setting up mining plots could be argued to be in violation of the treaty as one could argue they are staking a claim over an area of the lunar surface. nother issue is that as in the case of S private companies are partnered in the activities. Jain said that the treaty never specifically banned commercial activities and that the ederal viation dministration ruled in favor of
Pat Rawlings / NASA igelow erospace an merican space startup company based in evada by outlining a claim staking scenario for the lunar surface. There is a loophole in the treaty that while sovereign ownership is banned private ownership is not specified. The only e isting treaty that would o set this is the 7 oon Treaty which does forbid private ownership of the moon. hile this treaty was signed by nine nations however the United States was not one of them. ounder of igelow erospace obert igelow e plaining the ruling said “ t ust means that somebody else isn t licensed to land on top of you or land on top of where e ploration and prospecting activities are going on which may be uite a distance from the lunar station.” hile this would not grant ownership of the moon itself it would grant ownership of anything mined. uy Consolmagno an astronomer for the atican bservatory points out an ethical issue that must be considered in this plan is that metals are also planned to be mined from the surface and that much of the metals currently used for manufacturing come from resource e porting nations many of which are in frica. “ n the one hand it s great ” uy Consolmagno said. “ ou ve now taken all of this dirty industry o the surface of the arth. n the other hand you ve put a whole lot of people out of work.” egardless many nations are pursuing possibilities in lunar mining for the resources it could provide. The only uestion is when someone will manage to develop the technology capable of the task.
Is Windows 10 worth the upgrade? Ryan Loyst loystr2@winthrop.edu indows users probably noticed the white indows icons appearing in their task bars in ay and the promise of a free upgrade to indows that came with it. arlier this month icrosoft released the nternational Standard of rgani ation images for indows . Those who ualify for a free indows upgrade can download them for a clean install on their C laptop or tablet. This is good news for indows 7 and indows users as the new indows S can actually increase an older device s performance. verall the transition from indows 7 and to indows is smooth and the new user interface is a fresh e perience. indows frees up processing power and random access memory for accomplishing more tasks simultaneously which is useful for people who en oy streaming movies playing videogames or using image and video editing software. t is especially helpful if users have a computer that is at least a year old, as it is likely that the switch to indows will grant a sudden boost in system performance. nother useful addition to the indows S is the ability to control startup programs from the task manager the menu accessed by using Ctrl lt Delete. Users can now view and sort startup processes by name company and the amount of memory each program consumes upon opening. It is also simple to enable or disable them, making startup much faster. hile clean installs have grown in popularity icrosoft representatives recommend installing the upgrade through indows Update. This is due to concerns about compatibility issues with untested hardware. Terry yerson e ecutive vice president of icrosoft s windows and devices group posted on the o cial indows blog “ f you reserved your copy of indows we will notify you once our compatibility work confirms you will have a great e perience.” Users have reported issues with audio live tiles
and game functionality and my own e perience shows that i i signals can sometimes get confused or limited for no apparent reason. f you re concerned about such things it might be in your best interest to follow icrosoft s advice. ith that said the upgrade to indows can be easily reversed within the first month of use. This allows users the ability to test the new operating system for days and then revert back to indows 7 or if unsatisfied. everting does not forfeit one s upgrade opportunity either. The sleek at design is easy on the eyes, and the personali ed messages and capabilities of the operating system promise to create a uni ue and intimate relationship between users and their computers. The desktop has returned a large selling point for many indows loyalists but not without the ability to integrate live tiles into the start menu. nother improvement users will notice almost immediately is the new dge browser. Utili ing the same albeit graphically remastered logo as icrosoft s nternet plorer the dge browser will gain attention. t capitali es on the strengths and familiarity that nternet plorer provided to long time users and adds functionality and performance for converts from competitors Chrome and irefo . The creation of web notes is also a fun and interesting feature though it is little more than a screenshot of one s browser. ore importantly compatibility issues with dynamic sites no longer seems to be an issue. indows also introduces Cortana whose namesake is an allusion to the artificial intelligence accompanying aster Chief in
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Althea Holenko / The Johnsonian icrosoft s alo franchise. t is set to function like the i hone s Siri and ndroid s ala y. The settings for Cortana are much more personali ed. t feels a lot like filling out a acebook profile for the first time as Cortana asks you for your interests favorite places and more. ut one s conversations with the virtual assistant become more dynamic because of it. er voice is also much less robotic than her predecessors and the voice detection software is from my e perience more accurate. hile it s still early in indows s release the future of the operating system seems bright. ven though there are some noteworthy bugs in the software the vast ma ority of issues have been resolved in a timely manner. So if you haven t upgraded yet why wait? There s very little to lose and so much to gain.
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Posipanko leaves lasting legacy Men’s Head Soccer Coach retires from Winthrop after 27 years Emily Goodman goodmane@mytjnow.com Men’s Soccer Head Coach, Rich Posipanko, has been involved in soccer since he was 8 years old, which is why stepping down as head coach after this season won’t be easy. “I have been involved as a player or coach every fall for the past 55 years. I’m sure there will be a few tears those two last games on Oct. 31 here at Winthrop and then the last regular season game at Longwood on Nov. 7,” Posipanko said. Posipanko has an overall career record of 380267-57, three Big South Conference Coach of the year wins and has lead the agles to five championship wins. “My most favorite championship would be the 2008 team, because they were really good and, to be perfectly honest, should have accomplished more,” he said. The Eagles Head Coach of 27 years will leave Winthrop with no regrets once the 2015-2016 season ends. “I leave knowing that I gave Winthrop everything had. wore many di erent hat and it was a lot of work, but I would do it all over again.” Winthrop University Athletic Director, Tom Hickman, said that Posipanko has left a lasting impact on the Men’s Soccer program. “He has made a big impact on the program with the work he has done and the money he has raised to develop and improve the soccer fields often times doing most of the field work himself ust to make certain that it is done to his specifications,” Hickman said. In the last 27 years at Winthrop, Posipanko has five championship wins and has appeared in the C College Cup five times. The last C College Cup game vs. SMU advanced the Eagles to round for the first time in school history. “The most exciting game and most memorable game that I have been involved with as a player or over the past 40 years as a college coach, was the 7-6 game against Radford University,” Posipanko said. “This game was against my good friend Spencer Smith, who was the Radford head coach for 16 years and is now our Women’s Soccer coach at Winthrop.” Posipanko made the announcement that he
would be stepping down as head coach of the Men’s Soccer team in May. “I still don’t know if it is the right decision, but I feel 40 years as a college coach has been a good career. I am also fortunate and feel grateful that I was able to make this decision on my own terms, which is not always the case with coaches in today’s athletics.” With this being his last season, Posipanko finds himself in the same role as the seniors on the team. “I told the seniors that we are in the same position, trying to win one more championship in our last year,” he said. Posipanko has spent time fundraising for the American Cancer Society along with raising over $250,000 for the Winthrop soccer program. “I still plan on helping with fundraising for the soccer program and continuing my volunteer Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian work with raising Men’s Head Soccer Coach Rich Posipanko coaches at one of the last practices on Aug. 16 before the money for cancer reseason kicks off this fall. search through the Carolinas Kickin’ It Challenge. I just coach in 2002 with his 134th win. want to continue with something where I can In the 2007 season he joined a group that only make a di erence in people s lives ” said the head 52 coaches in NCAA history are apart of, 300 coach. career wins. For the last 26 years, his teams have He started his coaching career at Longwood maintained a GPA of around 3.0. University and will face The Lancers in his last “Rich’s impact on the soccer program is a legacy regular season game with Winthrop. of consistent success. He has set a standard of “This game will mean a lot. I am very grateexcellence for Winthrop Men’s Soccer (both athful that Longwood took a chance on a coach who letically and academically) and it will be the job of thought he knew everything. We inherited a the next coach to maintain that level of program program that was 0-14-0 and four years later was respectability,” said Hickman. nationally ranked and remained there for the next The Eagles begin their 2015-2016 regular seaseven years before I came to Winthrop.” son play at home Aug. 28 against Brevard College. Posipanko became Winthrop’s winningest ick o is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Possible Coastal departure could spell big change for Big South Michael Owens owensm@mytjnow.com The dog days of summer tend to not be a time where big news or events about collegiate sports ever occur. After the College World Series, players and fans alike are just trying to get to ugust when the academic season kicks o again. For the Big South Conference it was just another one of those typical summers, at least until a couple of weeks ago. News came out in late July that the Sun Belt Conference (who belongs to the Football Bowl Subdivision, which is involved in the College Football layo had been interested in Coastal Carolina and that the two parties had been in some sort of discussion. Comments made by the university’s president, David DeCenzo, soon after seemed to indicate that the Chants could be making the move, citing good progress being made. Others within the school have also said that presumptions shouldn’t be made, but DeCenzo later told The Sun News that the school would indeed accept an o er from the Sun elt if it was given. The move would especially benefit Coastal in the long run assuming they can make the necessary upgrades. It would prop them on a main stage similar to former FCS powers Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, who both joined the Sun Belt last year. Aside from it being a strictly football-based move, the prestige of Coastal in men s basketball and baseball would greatly improve the profile of the Sun Belt. t also could leave the ig South in a hole of finding another place to host their basketball tournaments since they have been at Coastal’s HTC Center for the past two years and will be there again in 2016. The key word there: if. So what would happen if Coastal were to indeed leave the Big South? Who could the conference get to replace them? Keep in mind, this is all hypothetical, I just feel it makes for good conversation. othing is confirmed as of this publishing date but if it ever is feel free to come back to this article for some speculation as to what could happen.
Flames Follow Suit?
One of the biggest questions in recent years regarding membership in the
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Big South has been the status of Liberty. The school contains some of the biggest enrollment numbers in the southeast and has been lobbying for a spot in the FBS. USA Today writer Dan Wolken called Liberty’s desire to move up to the FBS level “the worst-kept secret in college sports over the past few years.” Rumors began to swirl during last year’s debacle at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) that the Flames could have been at least considered for a spot in Conference-USA, another FBS conference. UAB, who had previously abandoned football, chose to reinstate the program just over a month ago, leaving Liberty’s hopes for a jump to the FBS dashed once again. The university has been a subject of criticism in their lobbying to move up. Many point to the recent announcement that of their plan to cover the cost of attendance for all athletes. That combined with the school’s Evangelical founding and massive online enrollment of over 100,000 could be reasons why no conference has picked up the Liberty just yet. Others have said that the school’s football prestige and recent upgrades to their athletic department would make for a smooth transition to higher level competition. Liberty could quite possibly leave the Big South soon, it’s just a matter of whether a conference wants to balance the school s finances as well as an equally-criticized curriculum. If it were to happen, it would leave an impact in a conference that considers Liberty to be one of their biggest pillars. That said, the probability of it happening in the next few years is not very high barring a catastrophic conference shift at the FBS level.
Possible Replacement
In the mind of this writer, USC Upstate seems like the most reasonable candidate to replace Coastal in the Big South. With an enrollment of nearly 5,500 and no football, it would theoretically be really easy to add the Spartans to the mold. The conference would replenish their footprint in South Carolina and even gain more ground in that region of the state to go along with Presbyterian. Upstate currently is in the Atlantic Sun, which doesn’t have another school in the almetto State so the move could e ectively cut travel costs for the school.
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Winthrop Men’s Soccer picked second in Big South preseason polls Adarrell Gadsden gadsdena@mytjnow.com fter finishing their ig South Conference campaign at the agles were voted to finish second in 2015 annual Big South Conference preseason polls, behind defending champion Coastal Carolina. eceiving first place votes Winthrop returns nine starters from last year, led by junior attacking player a asenstab. asenstab was selected as Big South preseason Attacking Player of the Year. asenstab who finished ninth in goals amongst all NCAA competitors with 12 goals gave the Eagles 3 game winning goals in 2014. Winthrop also returns senior goalkeeper Fabian Broich. Broich went 5-1 in goal for the Eagles in 2014 against Big South Conference opponents with a 0.64 goals against average leading the conference. The Eagles will play most of it’s out of conference schedule on the road. Playing four of seven away from the confines of agle ield. ne of the games on the schedule is a neutral site game against College of Charles-
ton in Greenville. The game against CofC is apart of the Diadora/Spinx ray ri n emorial Tournament. The Eagles will draw four of the same opponents from last years out of season schedule in those games the Eagles went 3-1 only falling to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Winthrop will open conference play on September 26 when they travel to Lynchburg, Virginia to face the Flames of Liberty. Leading into season play the Eagles will have played three preseason e hibition games. The first was a 4-1 loss to the University of orth Carolina in Chapel ill. The game was tied at 1-1 before the Tar eel o ense took o in the last minutes of play. Winthrop will play two more exhibition games before opening season play the first on ednesday night against the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia and the second against UNC Wilmington in Rock ill on Sunday night. Winthrop opens season play against familiar foe Brevard College at Eagle Field on Friday August 28. The Eagles downed the Tornadoes 5-0 in 2014.
Lady Eagles picked to finish eighth in preseason polls Adarrell Gadsden gadsdena@mytjnow.com After losing leading scorer Krystyna Freda the Lady Eagles were selected to finish eighth in the Big South Conference in 2015 by annual coaches poll. Winthrop ended the 2014 season losing in the Big South Conference Tournament uarterfinals to igh oint. igh oint would go on to win the conference tournament. Finishing the season with an overall record of 8-9-1 and a conference record of 4-5-1. The Lady Eagles face an uphill battle as the look to hold up the tournament trophy in the beginning of November. The Eagles will look to upperclassman players to step into leadership roles if they hope to dethrone the defending regular season champion Liberty Flames. The Lady Flames were selected as the favorite to win the conference championship in 2015. With daunting test inside and out of conference play the Lady Eagles will look to senior forward Taylor alton to finish chances in front of goal. alton finished the 2014 season with three goals and three assists. t the midfield inthrop looks to senior midfield players egan David and Taylor Coleman. David finished the ady agles campaign with three goals and four assists. The agle coaching sta will need David to continue making plays as they move through conference play. Coleman was unable to add her
name to the tally sheet in 2014, but she is no stranger to scoring goals for the Eagles. The 5-8 senior scored six times in 2013 for the Lady Eagles and alongside David should take more chances on goal in 2015. Winthrop returns junior goalkeeper Caroline Duncan who finished with saves in seven games played. The Lady Eagles will play four of their seven out of conference games in front of the Eagle faithful in ock ill. The Eagles will face two teams from last year’s out of conference schedule in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and South Carolina State University. The Lady Eagles will look for retribution at home against the Lady 49ers who shut them out 4-0 in Charlotte last season. inthrop was able to hold o the Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State in the friendly confines of Eagle Field last season but must travel to Orangeburg in 2015. The ady agles will kick o conference play on Sept. 26. at Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The Lady Eagles played two preseason exhibition games against Jacksonville and USC Upstate. The Lady Eagles fell to Jacksonville 3-1 and a 3-0 win over Upstate. Winthrop will open regular season play on the road against Western Carolina on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Cullowhee, North Carolina before returning home to take on rancis arion ugust 7 at agle field.
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Students travel across the globe over summer break Corey Brausch brauschc3@winthrop.edu hen visiting a di erent country or even a di erent state in the U.S. there are many opportunities to e perience diverse lifestyles habits and cultures. Three inthrop University students a uel orway Samantha atthews and mily atson had the desire and opportunity to travel around the world and e plore many e otic places this summer. a uel orway a unior olitical Science ma or re ected on her time in ew Delhi ndia where she taught children in low income villages outside the city to speak nglish. orway said that all the kids were very eager to learn because many of their families can t a ord to pay for their education. “ n ndia the ability to receive a good education is completely reliant on your ability to a ord private school ” she said. “The government schools there still cost money to attend and have a very poor level of education.” atching these children learn with such eagerness made orway reali e how easy it is to take an education for granted. “ am now much more appreciative of the education have received and will continue to receive than was before traveled to ew Delhi ” she said. orway said the cultural di erences made being in ew Delhi di cult to ad ust to. “ ne thing that was hard to wrap my head around was the sheer amount of people that live in Delhi.” she said. “The city state has an appro imate metropolitan population of well over million people.” orway also said her eyes were opened to the in ustice women face in other parts of the world and she had to ad ust to how women were perceived and treated in ndia. “ was not used to avoiding eye contact with men or having to wear full coverage clothing in degree weather to try to stay safe ” she said. “ was unprepared to see women on the metro with bruises likely from their husbands because domestic violence and rape are the norm.” hen re ecting on the oppressed women in ndia orway said she gained more perspective and appreciation. “ t gave me a new gratitude for the milestones of e uality we ve achieved here in the United States and made me very grateful for the women before me who fought for social ustice on my behalf.” Samantha atthews a sophomore ducation ma or had a di erent type of traveling e perience when she visited aui awaii. ach summer for the past years her family
visits a town ihei and en oys rela ing on the beaches and soaking in the sun. “ t s where all the locals live and surf so when you re there you feel like you fit in ” atthews said. atthews said she was lucky enough to interact with a lot of ihei locals and e perience how they live. “ eople can go into stores and not have to wear clothes everyone is in their bathing suit.” she said. “ ll of the locals have ust a crappy car ust so they can put their surf boards on it.” ven the children in ihei travel around town with their surfboards. “The kids all ride their bikes to Samantha Mathews takes a dip in a Kihei, Hawaii beach. school and bring their surfboards. hen the school bell rings they all get their boards cross the road and go surfing until their parents get o of work ” athews said. athews also met a man called “garbage bag man” who wears garbage bags as clothing and walks around. hen visiting the island athews favorite thing to do is hike and sight see. “There are tons of di erent hikes along this hour car drive around the island ” she said. “ y favorite trail is the amboo orest Raquel Norway helps teaching students in New Delhi, India. which leads to a series of great waterfalls.” mily atson a unior orensic Chemistry ma or traveled to reece and taly to enhance her education as part of a reek mythology course. “ e went to ome taly first which was really crowded and there were so many people trying to sell us stu ” atson said. “The locals really en oyed it when we tried to acclimate to their culture.” ne thing atson was not used to was having to pay to use the restroom. “ t was really weird when we had to pay to go into the restroom at the train station ” she said. side from the strange uirks that took some ad ustment atson said that everyone was very friendly when she traveled to reece. “The people were very warm and it was hard to tell they were in financial trouble ” atson said. atson s favorite place she visited was Delphi reece. “The countryside was beautiful ” she said. “ ust love the calm and peaceful lifestyle the people lived.” Emily Watson (left) and Arielle Black (right) pose on a hike in Greece.
Rock Hill brewery crafts new student hangout spot Legal Remedy Brewing Co. offers good beer, quicks bites Dana Farrior farriord@mytjnow.com t s no secret that inthrop University is the life source of ock ill. t s an unspoken rule that if you want to make it here you have to get students engaged and egal emedy rewing Co. is trying to do ust that. ocated ust a minute walk down akland venue in a repurposed car dealership this brewery o ers creative home brews as well as beer inspired and infused bites for the en oyment of students and community members alike. ith the brewery doubling as a restaurant the boys at egal emedy are trying to optimi e every facet of the beer consumption process. or brew master ike rail this operation is much more sophisticated than dark vs. light or bitter vs. none it is an opportunity to let his artistry truly shine. D a n a F a r r io r hy did you all decide to choose ock ill as home base as opposed to neighboring towns or even Charlotte? M ik e K r a il: ell ock ill in general is do ing a really good ob of promoting new businesses and the downtown area is ust in need of some thing. The building layout is perfect for a brew ery. lus the university is right down the street. D F : So you re hoping to forge a relationship with the students? sn t that a bit risky with the young people looking to party? M K : ctually think people who appreciate good beer and the craft scene are responsible drinkers they don t drink to get drunk. ou won t find your atty ite or enesee Cream le. D F : kay in that case what can people find on
tap? M K : The real uestion is what can t they find? e have dif ferent styles on tap ranging from merican style pale ale chocolate blood orange stout and a pumpkin beer that was soaked in rum barrels ust to name a few. e plan to have a core set but then a few seasonal creations. nd on the more family friendly side we home brew non alcoholic sodas. D F : That sounds like a lot to choose from. Tell me more about the restaurant and the role that will play. Do you plan on reaching out to the local farmers markets? M K : bsolutely. e do local produce as well as local collaborations. or instance our co ee we get from a nearby business. e take our spent grains and give them to a local farmer to feed his cattle. ne day we would like to buy back a cow to use for the restaurant as soon as he figures out how to commercial butcher. e re not going to buy any food products that come from miles away. nvesting in the community is impor tant to us. D F : ou mentioned the community how e actly do you plan to get everyone involved besides ust inthrop? M K : pening chuckles . ut we will probably
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do yoga clubs food pairings and beer tastings for those who aren t familiar and or huge beer en thusiasts. owever we really think the students can benefit a lot from what we are trying to make happen. ight now we are hiring for both front of house and back as well as looking for interns. D F : hat could an intern be e pected to do? M K : ell we would have possibly one in the lab and one in the brewery doing all back of the house stu . ront of the house we won t be accepting interns but we will need a fun and personable bunch that want to help create a great dining e perience. s far as duties we would look for biology and or chemistry ma ors because back of the house and beer making if very scientific. The grand opening for egal emedy rewing Co. will be held on abor Day weekend.
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Love wins at Winthrop
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Carlos McKnight of Washington, waves a flag in support of gay marriage outside of the Supreme Court in Washington June 26.
MARRIAGE • from front “The Winthrop community seems much more open to diversity and equality than I had ever expected when coming here,” said Grice. “It’s great to be on a campus where I feel overwhelmingly accepted by my peers and mentors.” The ruling declared that the remaining 13 states have to give same-sex marriage couples the right to legally marry within their state. The Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges overturned the prior ruling that bans on same-sex marriage were not unconstitutional through the Baker v. Nelson case by the Minnesota Supreme Court on Oct. 15, 1971. The second ruling stated that the refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses is unconstitutional in that it violates the due process clause granted to citizens in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Before the Supreme Court ruling, only 37 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia had legalized same-sex marriage. South Carolina was one of the states to already have legalized it, doing so on Nov. 20, 2014, more than half a year before the nationwide ruling. Winthrop’s community is no stranger to showing its acceptance of all people, including those in the LGBTQIA community. GLoBAL (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally League) is a inthrop organi ation that fights to break barriers and promote equality in order to provide a safe environment for all. This organization has introduced events that highlight the LGBTQIA community, like Drag WU and Pride Week.
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Winthrop also has a Safe Zones Program that works to provide safe places for LGBTQIA students on campus while also raising awareness for issues facing their community.
“” It’s great to be
on a campus where I feel overwhelmingly accepted by my peers and mentors. Jacob Grice Sophomore
Junior English major Elizabeth Ponds has become an active member of GLoBAL during her first year as a transfer student to inthrop University. “It makes me excited that everyone now has the right to marry the person they love,” said Ponds on the Supreme Court ruling. However, Ponds said that the decision does not directly a ect her because she does not plan to marry at all.
Six songs that either cooled you down or kept you hot this summer Adam Matonic matonica@mytjnow.com
“Alright” - Kendrick Lamar
Enhanced by one of the best music videos of the past decade and a cataclysmic live performance on the BET Awards, this song reached anthemic heights this summer. The track features a surreal alto saxophone, a pulsating Pharrell sample, and grating cymbals that give the soundscape a dissonant tenuousness. It manages – along with the album from which it’s cut – to incisively serve as the soundtrack to racial tensions in the U.S. today.
“Cool for the Summer” - Demi Lovato
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Easily the most exciting pop moment of the summer, this sizzling, sweaty tune was produced by hit-making mad scientist Max Martin, the man behind “Blank Space” and “Teenage Dream.” Lovato’s delivery drips with charisma and asserts a burgeoning confidence as she whispers bisexual innuendos and belts
While acceptance for this decision appears to be prevalent in this community, opposition is still around in South Carolina. During a debate for the removal of the Confederate ag from South Carolina’s statehouse grounds on July 7, Republican Sen. Lee Bright derailed the topic to voice his opposition to the same-sex marriage ruling. “It is time for the church to rise up. It’s time for the state of South Carolina to rise up. Romans Chapter 1 is clear, the Bible is clear,” Bright said, backing his opposition on religious principles. “This nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and they are under assault by men in black robes who were not elected by you.” Amongst opposition and celebration, both Grice and Ponds hope that people do not see this Supreme Court decision as an end to all LGBTQIA issues. “ hope the fight for the T community continues on,” Grice said. “We cannot forget about the many discriminatory practices and laws that are still imposed on gay and transgender Americans.” Ponds appears to echo Grice’s thoughts after voicing her own opinions on the need to combat LGBTQIA work discrimination, homelessness and suicide, amongst other problems. “ think marriage e uality is only a first step in the movement for equal LGBTQA rights,” Ponds said. “We need visibility and acceptance for more than just the L and the G. We need schools to provide comprehensive education on all sexual orientations, romantic orientations, and gender identities – transgender, bisexual, asexual, aromantic panse ual gender uid etc.”
about body positivity. Those who are complaining about this being too akin to Katy Perry are missing the point. Pop music is derivative; learn to live with it, and life will be a lot more fun.
“Hotline Bling” - Drake
Don’t be fooled by the minimalist production; there’s a lot going on in this one. Of course you have the typical Drake schmaltz and the familiar trope of love being just a phone call away, but this song has a clean sense of humor. I don’t know at which point Drake is winking harder: the repetition of “cell phone” (Aren’t all phones cell phones when you’re singing to millennials?) or the fact that this song uses a sample that sounds like hold music you would hear calling a locally owned hardware store. Drake’s vocal is an evocative meld of punchy envy and smooth seduction. But the sexiest part of this song is the fact that it’s so aware of its own cheesiness.
“Good for You” - Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky
The best pop music is a little subversive, and this song is well aware of that. e find ourselves in the era of watching Disney stars outgrow their industryimposed innocence, and it’s as thrilling as it is unsettling. In the
digital age, the virtue of selfesteem has become increasingly abstracted, and Gomez hauntingly embodies the struggles associated with that. The Lana Del Rey comparisons are inevitable – A$AP Rocky’s appearance on this song is no accident – but Gomez stands on her own with a ghostly incandescence that almost makes you wince. Also, props to A$AP Rocky, whose smirky sensuality both heightens the stakes and lightens the mood.
“High By the Beach” - Lana Del Rey
Speaking of Lana Del Rey: this song’s wispy, blurry vibe makes apathy in today’s world even more enticing than it already is. Del ey s firm and whispery stand against an overbearing fanboy with air may be refreshing to those who have critiqued her reticent stance on feminism. “I don’t need your money to get me what I want” is an exciting development in the life of Lana who infamously said, “Whenever people bring up feminism...I’m just not really that interested.”
“Annie” - Neon Indian
Electronic, beachy, and guitardriven, “Annie” is the summer ing you didn t even know you wanted. This song is just wellconceived fun. What more is there to critique, really?
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“War on Women” continues in 2016 election Brittany Rauch rauchb@mytjnow.com The phrase “war on women” is an expression centered on the policies actions of public o cials and restrictions on women’s rights and reproductive rights. ne public figure who is well known for being misogynistic has made yet another appearance in recent news. Donald Trump s attack on o ews anchor Megyn Kelly, was unprofessional and embarrassing. hile do not support o ews for personal reasons, as a potential candidate for presidency, Trump should certainly conduct himself with more grace. It’s embarrassing, and downright creepy, that some like Trump thinks it is socially acceptable to degrade and sexualize women in the media. Trump is not the only one who considers derogatory comments made in public acceptable. “I’m not a fan of Megyn Kelly, although I often turn on o ust to look at her. Sometimes when I’m loading my [gun ammunition] magazines, I like to ust look at her. nd usually sit naked on the couch dropping hot brass on my stu ” said Ted ugent ational i e ssociation board member in reference to Trump s attack on elly according to Mediamatters.org, a media organiation for merica. Se uality is not a bad thing. owever these comments toward women that turn them into little more than ob ects for men to stare at and use are obviously coming from more than ust a random person o of the street.
These comments are coming from men with in uence and power. t is sickening and it makes me fear for my female friends, my younger sisters, and any female children that I may have.
nother part of this “war on women” are the restrictions and condemnations of reproductive rights. any have heard of the verbal attacks against Planned Parenthood by possible candidates for president. Jeb Bush has made a few comments condemning Planned Parenthood and women’s health funding. ccording to C ush did however admit to the public that in commenting on women s health issues he misspoke. e clari fied that his comments were specifically for the organi ation known as lanned arenthood.
Althea Holenko/ The Johnsonian “I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood -- an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of sell ing fetal organs. Democrats and epublicans agree we absolutely must defend them and redi-
rect those funds to other women’s health organizations,” Bush said. The reason for public o cials condemning lanned arenthood can be linked to a video released by an anti-abortion group. The video showed Planned Parenthood employees and officials selling fetal tissue. found it di cult to make a decision on this for a while, because I can understand the upset. Many people are not pro-choice, and I can understand that they would find this abhorrent. owever after some research have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely okay for lanned Parenthood, at the request of their clients, to sell fetal tissue. ccording to the ew ork Times “ esearch ers say fetal tissue is a uniquely rich source of the stem cells that give rise to tissues and organs, and that studying how they develop can provide clues about how to grow replacements for parts of the body that have failed.” hat now find confusing is the negative focus that condemning this process has on research to help benefit the people of not only merica but the world. s for the “war on women ” believe that public o cials should take care of what they say towards and about half of the population. It is obvious that women’s health issues are important. Planned Parenthood is, for some, a beacon of safety and a place for women to not feel udged on decisions about their body. It has been 95 years since women earned the right to vote. These recent comments in the news have made this right not only important but necessary, especially of women want to have a say on their own well-being.
High hopes as Mahony takes office Janay Reece reecej@mytjnow.com It is that time of year again when students return back to inthrop University s campus and see the big changes that have happened while away for summer. We have little things, like e panded meal plan options and new d cor at Starbucks. ut some changes have been a bit shocking and cause a lot of gossip among ourselves but not many of us have taken the time to wait and see how things unfold. One change that has already happened, is the tuition increase. On June 19, 2015 we received a 2.5 percent tuition increase by the board of trustees. I understand that there should be other alternatives in getting money for the university but an increase is an increase. e the students of U have been asked to pay more money. I am not saying the increase is an awful thing but as students we need to be able to see where the 2.5 percent will be spent. Is it because we needed university repairs or more money to help enhance the Winthrop experience? Either way I feel that we should wait to see if the increase will help enhance the quality of our education or begin a season of rough transformation. There is no way of telling, so all we can do is sit and wait. I was on campus when new president Dr. Daniel ahony began on July . e was the keynote speaker at the fourth orientation welcome session. ahony spoke about how he was ready to actively participate in the a airs of the students faculty and sta at the university. Mahony mentioned to the class of 2019 that they are special to him; they are all starting a new ourney together. believe college is a ourney for anyone but I could not help but wonder what campus life will be like once we are physically seeing his changes. There is a new president in
Jacob Hallex / The Johnsonian Winthrop President Dan Mahony met with reporters on his first day in office. Mahony took office on July 1. Mahony is Winthrop’s 11th president and takes over after previous president Jamie Comstock Williamson was fired by the Winthrop Board of Trustees. town, and I am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens next. nother change is the bookstore which has been bought by arnes and oble. ll have seen so far is an updated website, new employees and new U gear. So what does that tell us? can say that the new and improved bookstore looks nice but let s keep an eye on them. Things like our new president and bookstore have not even been here for a year, and it seems as if most people are expecting big scandalous events to happen without giving these changes a
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Trump 2016, is Donald for real?
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Ryan Loyst loystr2@winthrop.edu I was not surprised when Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States on June 16. He dabbled in politics during the 2012 presidential race, and I had a feeling we would be seeing more of him. What I am surprised to see, though, is how seriously he is taking the campaign this time around, and how seriously the American public are considering him a viable candidate. According to a NBC poll taken after the Aug. 6 Fox News debate, 32 percent of Americans (with a 6.7 percent margin of error) support Donald Trump in his race for the presidency. Supporters claim that his experience in business makes him a great candidate because he understands how to generate a profit. Since the U.S. has accumulated massive amounts of debt over the past 15 years, it seems logical for the American people to elect a man who can make money, doesn’t it?
The problem with this, though, is that Donald Trump has filed bankruptcy four times. In response to this accusation, Trump said this during the Aug. 6 debate, “I have never gone bankrupt… out of hundreds of deals—on four occasions—I have taken advantage of the laws of this country.” Yet, according to himself in 2009, during an interview for Psychology Today, he used a well-documented anecdote about his net worth during the early 90s. This is what the interview reported: “One day when he was $1 billion in debt, Trump pointed out a homeless man to his daughter and said, ‘See that bum? He has a billion dollars more than me.’” Whether or not this anecdote was misunderstood as personal debt when it was, in fact, corporate debt is irrelevant. What matters is that he has used this little story to project a rags-to-riches image of himself on the American public for years. And now, when he is questioned on the validity of these claims, he refuses to acknowledge his own statements, that made him The Guinness Book of Records’ “biggest financial turnaround in history”?
I know I don’t want a president with a history of bankruptcies trailing in his wake. Repeated use of this solution seems characteristic of a man who runs from his problems, rather than faces them. I’m not sure if a country can declare bankruptcy, but I’m certainly afraid of what other countries like China and Japan might do if the U.S. files one. On the bright side, maybe President Trump will allow student loans to be forgiven when filing Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcies… but I doubt it. His talk of closing tax loopholes, which is something he has likely benefitted from repeatedly during his own career, would never allow such legislation to pass. But who knows? Maybe President Trump’s border-securing wall will even create some jobs for college students who are burdened by those debts, with bleak employment opportunities awaiting them after graduation. Or maybe he will just hire independent contractors who ironically employ undocumented workers. It would be good for business.
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